Montana agencies issue mountain whitefish consumption advisory near Yellowstone River derailment site
State agencies are warning people not to eat mountain whitefish caught in the Yellowstone River in the area where a train carrying chemicals went off the tracks in June, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
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Mountaineer denies ignoring dying porter on K2 record-breaking climb
A record-breaking Norwegian climber has hit out at what she calls "misinformation and hatred" surrounding claims she and her team climbed over a dying porter on K2 to summit the deadly peak.
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Canada govt body guarantees up to $2.2 billion fresh loan to Trans Mountain expansion project
A Canadian government agency has guaranteed fresh commercial loans of up to C$3 billion ($2.2 billion) to the
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Equitrans US Mountain Valley natgas pipe on track for end 2023 completion
U.S. energy company Equitrans Midstream on Tuesday said it still expects to complete the Mountain Valley natural gas
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Supreme Court clears way for Mountain Valley Pipeline construction to proceed
The Supreme Court cleared the way for construction of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline to proceed on Thursday, granting an emergency request from backers of the project that has the support of Congress and the Biden administration.
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Woman rescued from mountain after trying to find scared pet parrot
Mountain rescuers came to the aid of a woman and her pet parrot in the United Kingdom this week after she became stranded trying to find one of her feathered friends, who was scared off by a peregrine falcon.
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Free-solo climber dies after falling hundreds of feet from ridge in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park
A 26-year-old woman from Boulder, Colorado, died after falling approximately 500 feet while free-solo climbing a ridge in the state's Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday, the park said.
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Avalanche kills hiker in California mountains
One hiker was killed and two others injured in a "wet, loose avalanche" on Split Mountain in California, authorities said Friday.
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3 replacements for Bob Huggins with West Virginia basketball
Bob Huggins has resigned from West Virginia after his DUI arrest, so who could replace him as the next head coach of Mountaineers basketball?Bob Huggins was already on notice at West Virginia after using a homophobic slur during a radio appearance earlier this offseason. Now he's out in Mor...
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San Diego State tells Mountain West to take a hike amid Pac-12 rumors
San Diego State has informed the Mountain West that it intends to resign from the conference.As it turns out, conference realignment is not over, as San Diego State may leave the Mountain West after this season.ESPN's Pete Thamel broke this bombshell on Friday afternoon in somewhat of a...
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Collapse of a mountain peak in Austria amid thawing permafrost triggers a huge rockfall
Part of the summit of a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol has collapsed, sending more than 100,000 cubic meters of rock crashing into the valley below and triggering mudslides.
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Bali considers banning mountain climbing following spate of bad tourist behavior
Bali's governor has announced a ban on tourist activities on its mountains with "immediate effect," in a bid to preserve its sacred peaks following a rise in violations by misbehaving tourists.
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